<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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On the Basis of Sex – RBG Fights the System

Jan 10, 2019

?Courts ought not be affected by the weather of the day, but will be by the climate of the era.? Before she became a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one who fought against sex discrimination. One the Basis of Sex focuses on her life from the time she...

Vice – Humble Servant to Power

Jan 4, 2019

John Nance Garner (one of FDR?s Vice Presidents) observed that the Vice Presidency ?is not worth a bucket of warm spit.? But that was different when Dick Cheney became Vice President. Cheney seemed to many to be the real power during George W. Bush?s presidency (at...

Styx – The Ethics of Life and Death

Styx – The Ethics of Life and Death

Dec 26, 2018

If you see someone in need, should you help? That may seem like a simple question, but it is one that we must deal with in many ways almost every day. Often we help. Often we have reasons not to help. Wolfgang Fischer?s film Styx is a moving story of a woman who must...

Cold War – Smoldering Sorrow

Cold War – Smoldering Sorrow

Dec 21, 2018

?Love?s love and that?s that.? A pair of star-crossed lovers are the focus of Pawel Pawlikowski?s Cold War, Poland?s entry for Best Foreign Language Film consideration. Set in the years following the Second World War, it moves back and forth between the Communist and...

Stan & Ollie – True Friendship

Stan & Ollie – True Friendship

Dec 20, 2018

Laurel and Hardy were one of the greatest comedy duos of all time. They bumbled their way into the hearts of audiences that have spanned generations.?Stan & Ollie, from director Jon S. Baird, is both an homage to brilliance of their comedy, and an examination of...